2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Crop Production (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 376 people earned their degree in crop production, making the major the 723rd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 26 crop production graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 crop production graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in crop production. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality crop production programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the crop production program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Crop Production (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$7,285 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s crop production degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

NC State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Crop Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $7,285 for southeast region associate degree crop production students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend North Carolina State University.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full NC State Crop Production Report

#2

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Tifton, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$4,838 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Crop Production Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College landed the #2 spot on the list. ABAC Tifton is located in Tifton, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s crop production degrees to qualified students.

ABAC Tifton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Crop Production Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $4,838 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Crop Production students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend ABAC Tifton.

Read full report on Crop Production at ABAC Tifton

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Crop Production (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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